Windows Server Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 40 55
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 -5
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 158 279 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.79% 5.11% 4.17%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.18% 26.27% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 145 227
10th Percentile £305 £206 £169
25th Percentile £400 £305 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £468 £470
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -0.43% +13.60%
75th Percentile £608 £575 £559
90th Percentile £638 £675 £635
England median daily rate £470 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 24 8
10th Percentile £38.93 £39.02 £40.18
25th Percentile £43.95 £49.40 £44.00
Median hourly rate £52.77 £63.25 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.57% +10.00% +73.68%
75th Percentile £61.45 £76.53 £89.69
90th Percentile £66.39 £78.00 £96.25
England median hourly rate £61.19 £49.07 £25.00
% change year-on-year +24.71% +96.26% +25.00%

All Operating Systems
South East

Windows Server falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 746 1,062 1,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.87% 19.44% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 700 1,029
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £321 £212 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £586
90th Percentile £650 £650 £656
England median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 80 69
10th Percentile £23.85 £16.45 £11.70
25th Percentile £36.79 £24.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +223.53% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.66 £51.50
90th Percentile £72.25 £76.53 £80.00
England median hourly rate £59.25 £40.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +48.11% +60.00% +42.86%

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server in the South East

Windows Server
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -1 85 £550 +4.76% 28
Thames Valley -32 52 £450 -3.23% 36
Berkshire -39 26 £605 +19.21% 12
Buckinghamshire +7 22 £395 -16.84% 17
Surrey -3 12 £343 -23.89% 11
Kent +2 6 £170 -57.50% 5
Oxfordshire +1 4 - - 7
West Sussex +14 2 £468 +61.21% 8
Sussex - 1 - -
Windows Server
England

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 41 (25.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.59%) Exchange Server 2013
3 9 (5.70%) IIS
4 4 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.53%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.27%) Site Server
6 1 (0.63%) Apache
6 1 (0.63%) Confluence
6 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.97%) Azure
2 48 (30.38%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (12.66%) Entra ID
4 12 (7.59%) OCI
5 11 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (6.96%) Azure Storage
6 8 (5.06%) SaaS
7 7 (4.43%) AWS
8 6 (3.80%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.27%) GCP
10 2 (1.27%) GitHub
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.63%) IaaS
11 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (27.85%) DNS
2 31 (19.62%) Firewall
3 28 (17.72%) DHCP
4 8 (5.06%) SAN
5 6 (3.80%) SSL
6 5 (3.16%) LAN
6 5 (3.16%) PuTTY
6 5 (3.16%) Wireless
7 4 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (2.53%) VPN
7 4 (2.53%) WAN
8 3 (1.90%) HTTP
8 3 (1.90%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (1.27%) Network Security
9 2 (1.27%) NGFW
9 2 (1.27%) VSAN
10 1 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.27%) Big Data
2 2 (1.27%) MySQL
2 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.63%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (0.63%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Robot Framework
1 9 (5.70%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (3.16%) JIRA
3 2 (1.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 35 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.39%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.23%) Finance
4 11 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.80%) Banking
5 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.16%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Electronics
8 3 (1.90%) Marketing
8 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.63%) Automotive
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Law
9 1 (0.63%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (22.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (13.29%) Senior
3 20 (12.66%) Analyst
4 19 (12.03%) Support Engineer
5 17 (10.76%) Wintel Engineer
6 14 (8.86%) Architect
7 12 (7.59%) Security Architect
8 11 (6.96%) Active Directory Engineer
8 11 (6.96%) Active Directory Support
8 11 (6.96%) Active Directory Support Engineer
8 11 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Service Analyst
9 8 (5.06%) Service Desk Analyst
10 7 (4.43%) Administrator
10 7 (4.43%) Server Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Operations Analyst
11 6 (3.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Senior Operations Analyst
12 5 (3.16%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.96%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.90%) SAML
3 2 (1.27%) LDAP
3 2 (1.27%) Middleware
4 1 (0.63%) CSS
4 1 (0.63%) HTML
4 1 (0.63%) JSP
4 1 (0.63%) OAuth
4 1 (0.63%) REST
4 1 (0.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.82%) PKI
2 11 (6.96%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.06%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (4.43%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.53%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.27%) CCTV
9 2 (1.27%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.63%) CESG
10 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.63%) IBM Storwize
10 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.63%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 157 (99.37%) Windows
2 48 (30.38%) Linux
3 46 (29.11%) Windows 10
4 43 (27.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 38 (24.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (18.35%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (11.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (6.96%) Ubuntu
9 10 (6.33%) Windows 7
10 8 (5.06%) CentOS
11 6 (3.80%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (2.53%) Unix
13 3 (1.90%) AIX
14 2 (1.27%) Solaris
14 2 (1.27%) VMS
15 1 (0.63%) Android
15 1 (0.63%) Debian
15 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.63%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (19.62%) Agile
4 30 (18.99%) ITIL
5 18 (11.39%) Critical Thinking
6 17 (10.76%) Service Management
7 14 (8.86%) DevOps
7 14 (8.86%) Release Management
8 13 (8.23%) Customer Service
8 13 (8.23%) RBAC
9 12 (7.59%) Configuration Management
9 12 (7.59%) Identity Management
9 12 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (6.96%) Application Packaging
10 11 (6.96%) Change Management
10 11 (6.96%) CI/CD
10 11 (6.96%) Log Analytics
10 11 (6.96%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 11 (6.96%) Privileged Identity Management
10 11 (6.96%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 67 (42.41%) PowerShell
2 31 (19.62%) SQL
3 15 (9.49%) Python
3 15 (9.49%) VBScript
4 13 (8.23%) VB
5 11 (6.96%) Bicep
5 11 (6.96%) C#
6 3 (1.90%) Bash
6 3 (1.90%) Java
7 2 (1.27%) C++
7 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (72.15%) Security Cleared
2 62 (39.24%) SC Cleared
3 61 (38.61%) DV Cleared
4 22 (13.92%) Degree
5 12 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (6.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (3.16%) CCNA
7 5 (3.16%) CCNP
7 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.16%) MCSE
8 4 (2.53%) MCSA
9 3 (1.90%) CISM
9 3 (1.90%) CISSP
10 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.63%) MCP
10 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) RMADS
2 3 (1.90%) SLA
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 102 (64.56%) Active Directory
2 72 (45.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (18.35%) Hyper-V
4 16 (10.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (9.49%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (8.23%) vSphere
7 10 (6.33%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (2.53%) XenApp
9 3 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.90%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.63%) Docker
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.63%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 46 (29.11%) WSUS
2 30 (18.99%) SCCM
3 24 (15.19%) Ansible
4 23 (14.56%) Terraform
5 18 (11.39%) Kubernetes
5 18 (11.39%) SCOM
6 14 (8.86%) vCenter Server
7 13 (8.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (4.43%) Nessus
9 6 (3.80%) NetBackup
10 5 (3.16%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.90%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (1.27%) SCSM
12 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.63%) Backup Exec
13 1 (0.63%) NetIQ Identity Manager
13 1 (0.63%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 87 (55.06%) VMware
2 72 (45.57%) Microsoft
3 24 (15.19%) Red Hat
4 15 (9.49%) Citrix
5 10 (6.33%) Cisco
5 10 (6.33%) Oracle
6 8 (5.06%) Juniper
6 8 (5.06%) SolarWinds
7 7 (4.43%) Dell
8 6 (3.80%) HP
9 5 (3.16%) 3PAR
9 5 (3.16%) EMC
9 5 (3.16%) Extreme Networks
9 5 (3.16%) Palo Alto
9 5 (3.16%) Symantec
10 3 (1.90%) Apple
10 3 (1.90%) SAP
10 3 (1.90%) Veeam
11 2 (1.27%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.27%) Qualys